Bangor Public Library Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl World War Regimental Histories World War Collections 1947 The history of the 445th Bombardment Group (H) (unofficial) Rudolph J. Birsic Follow this and additional works at: http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his Recommended Citation Birsic, Rudolph J., "The history of the 445th Bombardment Group (H) (unofficial)" (1947). World War Regimental Histories. 98. http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/98 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the World War Collections at Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl. It has been accepted for inclusion in World War Regimental Histories by an authorized administrator of Bangor Community: Digital Commons@bpl. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE HISTORY OF THE _445TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H) (UNOFFICIAL) tl ~ ... ~ ~ ~ . ., _, .. STATIONED OVERSEAS AT TIBENHAM NORFOLK, ENGLAND IN THE 2ND COMBAT WING, 2ND AIR DIVISION, OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE !._., f f f BY RUDOLPH J, BIRSIC ..... .. .... .. .. : ! ,, . .. .. -. '•. :. :::. .. ..: ... ... ;,, ... ·~.. .. .. .., . "< .... ... _ .... ... .. · . .. ,< , . .. < ... ...... .. .. : ' ..(. ~ . • t• • .. .. ' .' .. .. ' '.,;• ...... .l . .. ... , .. .. ._..·,._ . •' ... .. ' ... .... TABLE ·OF CONTENTS Foreword Dedication I April 1, 1943 through December 12, 1943 II December 13, 1943 through June 5, 1944 III June 6, 1944 through December 31, 1944 IV January 1, 1945 through September 12, 194'5 V Awards and Decorations VI Group Character VII The Group Bombing Record VIII Photographs Additions to Roster Acknowledgment ~ FOREW~ORD No book this size could ever hope to record completely, day by day, mis sion by mission, the history of the 445th Bombardment Group. Since various limitations did exist and handicap the publication of our Group History, the only alternative was to select such material as would most emphatically demonstrate how superior our Group really was.